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Book Review on “Becoming Indian: The Unfinished Revolution of Culture and Identity” by Pavan K Varma
Read more: Book Review on “Becoming Indian: The Unfinished Revolution of Culture and Identity” by Pavan K VarmaIn this article, Madhurantika reviews the book “Becoming Indian: The Unfinished Revolution of Culture and Identity” by Pavan K Varma
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Book Review: China’s Asia
Read more: Book Review: China’s AsiaIn this article, Niharika Yadav reviews Lowell Dittmer’s book “China’s Asia: Triangular Dynamics Since the Cold War”
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Book Review: Yashica Dutt- Coming out as a Dalit
Read more: Book Review: Yashica Dutt- Coming out as a DalitIn this book review, Aabhinav talks about the book “Coming out as a Dalit” by Yashica Dutt.
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Book Review: James Ferguson- Give a Man a Fish: Reflections on the New Politics of Distribution
Read more: Book Review: James Ferguson- Give a Man a Fish: Reflections on the New Politics of DistributionIn this article, Nicolas de Zamaróczy reviews Give a Man a Fish: Reflections on the New Politics of Distribution (Duke University Press, 2015) by James Ferguson.
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Book Review: The Moral Economy by Samuel Bowles
Read more: Book Review: The Moral Economy by Samuel BowlesThe following paper deals with the review of the book ‘Moral Economy’ written by Samuel Bowles which was published in 2016. The paper uses critical and constructive analyses to extract crucial insights. It summarizes the major theme of the book and discusses the relevant evidence that is put forward in the book to convey the…
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Book Review Series: Bullshit Jobs
Read more: Book Review Series: Bullshit JobsThrough this book review, the author, Rohan Khattar Singh has provided a succinct analysis of the book to highlight the takeaways from this book. The author mentions how the book is a must read despite the criticism.
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The China model
Read more: The China modelThrough this book review, Pritish Gupta, the author looks at the China model as defended by Daniel Bell and its comparison to a meritocracy.
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Book Review Series: #1 Phishing For Phools: The Economics of Manipulation & Deception
Read more: Book Review Series: #1 Phishing For Phools: The Economics of Manipulation & DeceptionShivkrit Rai, a fourth year law student, has reviewed a very famous book called ‘Phishing for Phools’ by Akerlof and Shiller. Read on to know more about what to expect out of it.
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Book Review – South Asia in the New World Order: The role of regional cooperation, Shahid Javed Burki
Read more: Book Review – South Asia in the New World Order: The role of regional cooperation, Shahid Javed BurkiIn the book, Shahid Javed Burki, a Pakistani economist and social scientist talks about how India and other South Asian Countries could benefit from the new world order if they play their regional cooperation card carefully. As reviewed by Aditi Khemani.
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Book Review: Debt-Updated and Expanded-The First 5000 Years
Read more: Book Review: Debt-Updated and Expanded-The First 5000 YearsIn this sharp review of D. Graeber’s book, ‘Debt-Updated and Expanded: The First 5000 Years’ released in 2014 Tejaswini Chepyala traces the financial crisis of 2008 back to the historical roots of debt to weave an informative and eye-opening essay. Have you wondered why a U.S dollar note has the word “debt” imprinted on it?…
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Book Review: India Uninc.
Read more: Book Review: India Uninc.Vivek Rai summarizes R. Vaidyanathan’s India Uninc., a cogent overview of the oft ignored unincorporated sector which contributes upto 45% of India’s GDP, hailing it as a much needed insight into a less written about area. Title: India Uninc. Author: Prof R. Vaidyanathan Price: 395 Publisher: Westland Pages: 344 Year Published: 2014 In India, as…
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Book Review: The Precariat – The New Dangerous Class
Read more: Book Review: The Precariat – The New Dangerous ClassKalyani Unkule analyses Guy Standing’s Precariat as a cogent, accessible foray into the specific nature of present-day “proletarianisation” of sections of Western society, a process marked by precariousness more than anything else, she feels, as the title suggests. Title: The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class Author: Guy Standing (Bloomsbury. 2nd Edition. 2014) The precariat, as…
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